Onomea Bay 14 year old male Rescue Report
Saturday 8/29/2020 12:45pm
Apparatus used 7 including a chopper and 18 HFD personnel
HFD units responded to child who fell in the ocean. Due to the terraine, it was difficult to get situation updates or further details from the reporting party.
Units arrived to find bystanders attempting to assist a semi-conscious 14 Y.O. male who accidentally fell into the water. Per bystanders the vitim fell in the water and for a time was submerged in the nearshore rocky surf zone. Bystanders entered the water and helped the victim back to a steep access point along the shoreline embankment. When HFD arrived, the victim and 2 bystanders were in the water, wedged in a crack at the bottom of the rocky embankment in order to find protection from the waves. HFD Rescue and Fire EMS personnel worked to extricate the patient up the low cliff, then carry him out to the medic, some 1600 feet away via the Onomea Bay Trail. The patient was treated and transported to Hilo Medical Center. No other injuries were reported on the incident.
